Region, nation, "heartland": Uttar Pradesh in India's body politic/ Gyanesh Kudaisya.
Material type: TextSeries: Sage series in modern Indian history, 10Publication details: New Delhi: SAGE, c2006Description: xxvi, 471 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: 0761935193Subject(s): Regional planning | India--Uttar Pradesh | Politics and governmentDDC classification: 954.03Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Introduction
1.Introduction: The "heartland" and its setting; five constructions of the "heartland"; review of literature; structure of this book
Part II: The Colonial "Heartland"
2. The framework of Pax Britannica in Uttar Pradesh: Colonial policing; urban environment and colonial authority; colonial authority and criminal laws; a colonial framework for UP -- 3. The institutions of the colonial "heartland", colonial army and public order; colonial policing: "The Thin Blue Line"; landlords as agents of control; baiting the politician.
Part III: The Nationalist "Heartland"
4. "Civil Disobedience" and "Civil Martial Law" in Uttar Pradesh, 1930-34: Public discourse, colonial authority; contesting authority: The spatial dimension; colonial responses up to March 1931; from the Gandhi-Irwin Pact to "No-Rent"; reasserting authority: "Civil Martial Law" -- 5. The congress ministry and the erosion of the colonial 'heartland", 1937-39 -- 6. Colonial authority, war years and transition
Part IV: The Postcolonial "Heartland"
7. The making of a "regional" postcolonial polity, 1947-54 Independence: Independence day celebrations; renaming the "heartland"; dismantling the Muslim "heartland"; the "Hindi heartland"; state reorganization and UP's regional identity.
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